13 (prime)
AChD echad, achad. Unity, one; alone, solitary. [Deuteronomy 6:4]
"Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." The alchemical
first matter is ONE, and contains within itself all that is
needed.
Fabre D'Olivet comments: "The root, ChD, from which this word is
formed, and which is sometimes taken for unity, itself,
particularly in chaldaic, signifies literally: a point, a summit,
the sharpest part of a thing; the top of a pyramid. It is division
arrested, subjugated by a sort of effort as the two signs Daleth
and Cheth which compose it, indicate it. In the feminine it is
written, AChTh. [The Hebrew Tongue Restored, p. ?152?]. "The
potential sign united to that of elementary existence cheth, image
of the travail of nature, produces a root whence result all ideas
of equilibrium, equality, identity, fraternity. When the sign
Cheth characterizes principally an effort, the root ACh takes the
meaning of its analogues AG, AD, and represents a some what violet
action. It furnishes then all ideas of excitation and becomes the
name of a place where the fire is lighted, the hearth." [IBIQ, p.
291] see 273, 372, 384, 395, 400, 441, 600, 636, 740.
BHV bohu, bahu. emptiness, void, terror, chaos. The primary chaos
is the stuff thoughts are made of. The alchemist first matter is
also called a "void". Applied to the first state of the earth.
[Genesis 1:2] "And the earth was without form, and void, and
darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters." Fabre D'Olivet comments: "An
abyss, a thing whose depth cannot be fathomed, physically as well
as morally (see HH). The arabic [word], as onomatopoeic root
characterizes astonishment, surprise. Arabic word *** which is
formed from it, designates that which is astonishing, surprising,
that which causes admiration." [The Hebrew Tongue Restored, p.
302] see 19, 76, 411, 1152.
HGH hegeh. sound, muttering, thought or musing, to contemplate,
meditate [to read, pronounce, to remain]; rumbling moan, sigh;
rudder (of ship), [to utter sounds, speak, murmur, moan, growl,
coo]. The primary chaos is a mode of vibration closely related to
sound. Also: to divide, to separate dross.
AIB ayab. to violate; to asperse; a female enemy; hatred; to be
hostile, be an enemy of. "Hate", the opposite pole of Love. Both
are the same basic emotion. "Philosophers are said to extract
their stone out of seven stones, the two chief where of are of a
diverse nature and efficacy, the one infused invisible sulphur,
and the other spiritual mercury; one induceth heat and dryness,
the other cold and moisture. By this we gain the idea that sulphur
and Mercury are really invisible principles, operating in the
mixture, and while it is often portrayed as a 'love of the
element' it is manifestly a fight or mastery between opposite
principles [here note that AHBH, love is 13, which is also the
number of AChB; to violate, asperse, to act as an enemy], that is,